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Head of Mathematics

Head of Mathematics

Merchant Taylors' Girls' School

Liverpool

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Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
01/01/2022 or Easter 2022
Apply by:
29 October 2021

Job overview

Required January or Easter 2022

Merchant Taylors’, Liverpool has a long and distinguished history as a leading school in the region. Based on over four hundred years of tradition, we aspire to be a forward-thinking and progressive centre of learning. 

We are seeking to appoint to an exceptional, enthusiastic Head of Mathematics to join Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School and start employment in January or Easter 2022. We are looking for an inspirational leader with the ability to create and lead a nurturing learning environment, together with a commitment to bring out the best in every student. The opportunity has arisen due to the internal promotion of the previous incumbent and a maternity leave of absence in the department. There may be the possibility of this position being made permanent in the future for the successful candidate.

Teaching within the Mathematics Department at Merchant Taylors’ is driven by the latest pedagogy and as a result the successful candidate will find highly motivated and co-operative pupils with a strong desire to learn beyond the syllabus.  The department regularly prepares girls for the UKMT individual and team Mathematical Challenges as well as other external competitions.  Maths clinics and clubs are run at lunchtimes; it is thus commonplace to see girls in the department choosing to spend their free-time developing their understanding of mathematics. 

The successful candidate will be knowledgeable, enthusiastic and dedicated to the holistic approach to learning we pride ourselves on at Merchant Taylors’. The individual should thus be prepared to contribute fully towards the School’s extracurricular and co-curricular programmes.

We want you to be excellent at what you do because we will expect superb teaching at all levels of the school; we therefore want to help you to develop to become an outstanding practitioner both in and outside the classroom. We aspire to identify and encourage the strengths of each and every student we teach, and for this reason we expect staff to be able to develop strong academic and pastoral relationships with their students. 

We are confident that the learning environment and the benefits of working in one of the best independent schools in the North will be a truly engaging experience.

We will value and support your contribution to School life and in return provide you with excellent rewards:  

• Working as part of a committed and talented team

• Competitive salary 

• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme

• Extended holiday periods 

• Access to the Schools’ fitness suite 

• Support for your continuous professional development 

• Lunch and refreshments during the school day

• Employee assistance programme providing a 24-hour counselling and advice line

Make your best move this year and join a school of true distinction. 

For further details and to apply, please visit https://www.merchanttaylors.com/join-our-team/teaching-vacancies/

Click 'Apply now' to be considered for this great position.

Merchant Taylors’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)


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About Merchant Taylors' Girls' School

Merchant Taylors’ is one of the oldest and most highly-respected Girls’ Schools in the North of England.

Founded in 1888 in Crosby, north of Liverpool, the school has a proud record of helping girls to achieve academic success, an extensive programme of enrichment and co-curricular opportunities and an environment that values care and respect for others.

When girls join in Year 7, to the day they leave in Sixth Form, they are encouraged to explore fresh interests, take part in new activities, broaden their horizons and make new friends. Girls are supported to understand the ways in which they can grow as young women of the future by seizing opportunities and challenges and gaining the tools to thrive.

There are also various opportunities to collaborate with the nearby Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, in activities such as drama and music productions, the Combined Cadet Force, Duke of Edinburgh Awards and co-educational classes in selected subjects for Sixth Form students.

Headteacher

Mrs Claire Tao

Values and Vision

Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School combines a proud history with a commitment to innovation in education to create the very best platform for the future education of girls.

Girls are encouraged to be ambitious, to develop at a pace that is right for their own talents and needs and have the character and confidence to take risks and try new ways of improving what they do.

Its happy, caring family of staff and pupils underpins everything that is so wonderful about the school. There are strong bonds between girls and their teachers, who encourage each other to promote and support the development of each individual girl. As a result, girls flourish.

The school is rightly proud of its reputation for academic excellence and the breadth of the school curricula allows girls to develop their intellectual curiosity, a real passion for life-long learning and receive a very personalised approach to their studies.

ISI

"The quality of the pupils' academic and other achievements is excellent. High quality aspirational teaching ensures that the school is highly successful in meeting its aim of educating pupils in the fullest sense.

"Pupils are exceptionally self-confident, self-assured and responsible. Relationships across the school are excellent, underpinned by outstanding levels of mutual respect."


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